Causes of Road Accidents (Primary 3)

 

SOCIAL STUDIES

RELIGION AND NATIONAL VALUES

THIRD TERM  

WEEK 3

PRIMARY 3

THEME – SOCIAL AND HEALTH ISSUES 

PREVIOUS LESSON – Meaning of Road Accidents (Primary 3)

TOPIC – ROAD ACCIDENTS 

LEARNING AREA

1. Meaning of Road Accidents

2. Causes of Road Accidents

 

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES 

By the end of the lesson, the pupils should have attained the following objectives (cognitive, affective and psychomotor) and should be able to –

1. explain road accident.

2. list the causes of road accidents.

 

ENTRY BEHAVIOUR

Accidents on the road

 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

The teacher will teach the lesson with the aid of:

1. Resource persons such as road safety personnel

2. Pictures

3. Photographs

4. Pupils’ textbooks

5. Charts.

 

 

METHOD OF TEACHING – Choose a suitable and appropriate methods for the lessons.

Note – Irrespective of choosing methods of teaching, always introduce an activities that will arouse pupil’s interest or lead them to the lessons. 

 

REFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Scheme of Work

2. 9 – Years Basic Education Curriculum

3. Course Book

4. All Relevant Material

5. Online Information

 

 

CONTENT OF THE LESSON  

INTRODUCTION 

Accident is an unplanned or unexpected events which cause injury or damage of lives and property.

 

CAUSES OF ROAD ACCIDENTS 

 1. Bad road

2. Poorly built roads by corrupt and inappropriate workers.

3. Poor use of resources

4. Bad vehicles

5. Careless and unsafe driving.

6. Inability to read and interpret road signs,

7. Drinking of alcohol, etc.

 

 

PRESENTATION

To deliver the lesson, the teacher adopts the following steps:

1. To introduce the lesson, the teacher revises the previous lesson. Based on this, he/she asks the pupils some questions;

2. Uses guided questions to teach the causes of road accident.

Pupil’s Activities – Gives examples of causes of road accidents.

3. Uses chars to demonstrate further examples/causes of road accidents.

Pupil’s Activities – Demonstrate some causes.

 

CONCLUSION

  • To conclude the lesson for the week, the teacher revises the entire lesson and links it to the following week’s lesson.

 

LESSON EVALUATION 

Pupils to:

1. explain the meaning of road accident.

2. explain causes of road accident.